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government and not giving the government power to do something. but the powers in the constitution are negative to the government so that people will have as johnathon said freedom to do what they want to do. you don't need the other stuff to do that . >> at the same time is it better where we are with the economy now to have one party and at least get something done. it may not be the best thing but something done . >> i think not. i agree with johnathon which is frightening me right now. in britain it is a parlimentary and possible to force legislation and there is leding to austerit yenow too much too soon. america is brilliant with the checks and balances in place. it is the responsibility to make sure comis not a dirter word. it is allowed. >> guys making a point. 52 percent of the poll say this is the biggest number. 50 percent say one party. >> over the course of my financial journalism career everything changed in the last four year. we don't use fundmental analysis and unfortunately two-party promotes grid lock and the market is fed up wi
government and not giving the government power to do something. but the powers in the constitution are negative to the government so that people will have as johnathon said freedom to do what they want to do. you don't need the other stuff to do that . >> at the same time is it better where we are with the economy now to have one party and at least get something done. it may not be the best thing but something done . >> i think not. i agree with johnathon which is frightening me...
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>> i think government has been somewhat complicit. i think republicans like to talk down government, while they go to get the pork and for their districts. -- pork for their districts. the blue states are actually more self-sufficient, so they are colluding. democrats got blamed because they were in charge when some of the unraveling happened, and there were some troubles, some democrats began to run away. they ran away from the new deal, and they competed to shower benefits on business and particularly wall street. they became, in many ways, the party of wall street, said democrats were not doing well looking out for the interests of white working class america. there was this legacy of what government had done to build this middle class that was the envy of the world. tavis: to be sure, i think of detroit immediately, but there are so many others, the teachers' union -- so many women went into the teaching profession because they could not do anything else, and i do not like people beating up and stigmatizing unions, and yet, i am t
>> i think government has been somewhat complicit. i think republicans like to talk down government, while they go to get the pork and for their districts. -- pork for their districts. the blue states are actually more self-sufficient, so they are colluding. democrats got blamed because they were in charge when some of the unraveling happened, and there were some troubles, some democrats began to run away. they ran away from the new deal, and they competed to shower benefits on business...
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a got all excited again about government and doing work. i've always had the view that all work is honorable. it does not matter what level you are at. if you are getting something done, that's a good place to be. you're looking at folks who have really stepped up. they have taken risks. they have made differences in lives and the work of the city. you do not stop and thank people often enough. you did not just to the regular job. you did more than that. you did it very well. that is so important for the business community. i was born and raised here. it is home. it ihas always felt a comfortable place to live. it's part of my life. [applause] >> i want to -- here we go. [applause] this is the second time in our entire history we have given this award. thank you, ed harrington. >> thank you very much. thank you, david, for the nice introduction, and to mfac and spur for the award. when someone wants to give you a lifetime achievement award -- are you [laughter] dead] it is a nice thing to think. i want to congratulate the other awardees and
a got all excited again about government and doing work. i've always had the view that all work is honorable. it does not matter what level you are at. if you are getting something done, that's a good place to be. you're looking at folks who have really stepped up. they have taken risks. they have made differences in lives and the work of the city. you do not stop and thank people often enough. you did not just to the regular job. you did more than that. you did it very well. that is so...
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who calls the shots, the united states government or the zionist government? o so that we can ascertain all these behaviors. >> mr. president, these are easy answers. they are an ally, they are a friend. one is not subservient to the other. as in most relationships. whatever mr. netanyahu said about a red line, the united states government didn't even respond about that, as you know. so it's-- the president has made clear what the relationship is. and every other president has made clear what the relationship is. let me, the point here is how do you end this issue that is so troubling to so many people? how do you convince them that what you say is true? and eliminate this tension so that there's no misperception about anybody, so that you're not saying they're bluffing. how do you get past this? >> so we're the ones that should alleviate the misunderstanding, the zionist regime is threatening us so we are the ones that should alleviate the misunderstanding? >> you see the problem that i have with the administrators of the united states is right here. please l
who calls the shots, the united states government or the zionist government? o so that we can ascertain all these behaviors. >> mr. president, these are easy answers. they are an ally, they are a friend. one is not subservient to the other. as in most relationships. whatever mr. netanyahu said about a red line, the united states government didn't even respond about that, as you know. so it's-- the president has made clear what the relationship is. and every other president has made clear...
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barack obama and mitt romney debated health care, the role of government, and governing one month before the presidential election. but they spent most of their time arguing over the economy. the 90 minute debate in denver, colorado, one of the few battleground states that could decide the election. candidates concentrated on how to revive the economy. >> the only way to meet governor romney's pledge of not reducing the deficit, or not adding to the deficit, is by burdening middle-class families, now that's -- not my analysis. >> the president has a view very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago, a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will, trickle down government would work. that's not the right answer for america. >> romney kept attacking o mode instructions. obama some times had trouble getting a word in. many u.s. media analysts say romney had a belttter performan. the candidates have two more debates they have five weeks to win over undecided voters. turkish forces have fired artillery shells across the border into syria. they're re
barack obama and mitt romney debated health care, the role of government, and governing one month before the presidential election. but they spent most of their time arguing over the economy. the 90 minute debate in denver, colorado, one of the few battleground states that could decide the election. candidates concentrated on how to revive the economy. >> the only way to meet governor romney's pledge of not reducing the deficit, or not adding to the deficit, is by burdening middle-class...
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you do not need the government -- government to mandate that. the key task we have in health care is to get the cost down so it is more affordable for families. he has a model for doing that, an unelected board who will decide what kind of treatment you ought to have a. in my opinion, the government is not effective in bringing down the cost of almost anything. as a matter of fact, free people and free enterprise is try to find a way to do things together are more effective at bringing down the cost that the government ever will be. your example of the cleveland clinic is exactly my point. this is the private market. these are enterprises competing with each other and learning how to do better jobs. i used to consult to hospitals and health-care providers. i was astonished at the creativity and innovation that exists in the american people. in order to bring the cost of health care down, we do not need a board of the 15 people telling us what kind of treatments we should have. we should have insurance plans, hospitals, doctors on targets so that
you do not need the government -- government to mandate that. the key task we have in health care is to get the cost down so it is more affordable for families. he has a model for doing that, an unelected board who will decide what kind of treatment you ought to have a. in my opinion, the government is not effective in bringing down the cost of almost anything. as a matter of fact, free people and free enterprise is try to find a way to do things together are more effective at bringing down the...
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the federal government should be doing it. but we have to -- we should have already passed the dream act for these children in this state who through no fault of their own are here. they have no country. all they want is the american dream. ted likes to talk about liberty, but he only wants liberty for people he agrees with. liberty for these kids means becoming a citizen. why we turned them down over and over is beyond me. we should pass the greenback. finally, we should have a worker program to identify people here. they should pay taxes. then we should have some kind of clear pathway. it does not mean the front of the line. we can make whatever requirements we want. but we cannot continue to stick our head in the sand. this is too important, too important for our state. if we do not do anything, we will have the same discussion. >> mr. cruz, do you support a path to citizenship for the 1.6 million illegal immigrants in texas? >> i do not. i commend mr. sadler for running as an unapologetic liberal. he supports amnesty for t
the federal government should be doing it. but we have to -- we should have already passed the dream act for these children in this state who through no fault of their own are here. they have no country. all they want is the american dream. ted likes to talk about liberty, but he only wants liberty for people he agrees with. liberty for these kids means becoming a citizen. why we turned them down over and over is beyond me. we should pass the greenback. finally, we should have a worker program...
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, and governing. with an emphasis through out on differences, specifics, and choices. both candidates will also have two-minute closing statements. the audience here in the hall has promised to remain silent. no cheers, applause, boos, hisses, among other noisy, distracting things, so we may all concentrate on what the candidates have to say. there is a noise exception right now, though, as we welcome president obama. and governor romney. [ applause ] >> jim. >> gentlemen, welcome to you both. let's start with the economy. segment one, and let's begin with jobs. what are the major differences between the two of you about how you would go about creating new jobs? have you two minutes. each of you have two minutes to start. a coin toss determined, mr. president, you go first. >> thank you very much, jim, for this opportunity. i want to thank governor romney and the university of denver for your hospitality, a lot of points i want to make tonight, but the most important one is that 20 years ago, became t
, and governing. with an emphasis through out on differences, specifics, and choices. both candidates will also have two-minute closing statements. the audience here in the hall has promised to remain silent. no cheers, applause, boos, hisses, among other noisy, distracting things, so we may all concentrate on what the candidates have to say. there is a noise exception right now, though, as we welcome president obama. and governor romney. [ applause ] >> jim. >> gentlemen, welcome...
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this segment, as i announced in advance, will be threeeon the care, the role of government, and governing. with an emphasis throughout on the differences, specifics, and choices. both candidates will have post statements. the audience in hall has promised to remain quiet. so we may all concentrate on what the candidates have to say. there is a noise exception right now, though, as we welcome president obama and governor romney. [cheees and applause] >> dimon, welcome to you both. -- gentlemen, welcome to you both. let's begin with jobs. what are the major differences between the two of you about how you would go about creating jobs? each of you have two minutes to start big the coin toss has determined that the president will go first. >> thank you very much, jim, for this opportunity. i want to thank you for your hospitality. there are a lot of. i want to make tonight, but the most important one is that 20 years ago, i became the luckiest man on earth, because michelle obama agreed to marry me. i just want to wish you a happy anniversary and let you know that a year from now, we will not
this segment, as i announced in advance, will be threeeon the care, the role of government, and governing. with an emphasis throughout on the differences, specifics, and choices. both candidates will have post statements. the audience in hall has promised to remain quiet. so we may all concentrate on what the candidates have to say. there is a noise exception right now, though, as we welcome president obama and governor romney. [cheees and applause] >> dimon, welcome to you both. --...
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, the government's rights and the government's rights flow from the citizens. and so the government should have as limited a scope as possible, not and interfere with business and not interfere with our privacy and not spy on us and generally keep the public order and that is about it. >> thank you, so following up on that one of those things that the government is involved in right now is the educational system. and california used to have an education system that was the envy of the nation. how do you feel we get that back? >> well, it is a tragedy that what used to be one of the top systems in the country is now i think, 47th according to a recent standard that i saw. the senator and folks in his party in sacramento believe that spending more is the answer. that is clearly not the case. i think that los angeles county they spent $9,000 per student in public school system. the average cost of private school $6,000. i support the voucher system that allow the parents to put the children in charter schools, private schools, what we cannot escape is that the sch
, the government's rights and the government's rights flow from the citizens. and so the government should have as limited a scope as possible, not and interfere with business and not interfere with our privacy and not spy on us and generally keep the public order and that is about it. >> thank you, so following up on that one of those things that the government is involved in right now is the educational system. and california used to have an education system that was the envy of the...
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economy on government. >> okay. >> we're now spending the 42% of our economy on government. i don't want to go down the path to spain. i want to go down the path of growth that puts americans to work with more money coming in because they're working. >> yeah, but, mr. president, you're saying in order to get it -- get the job done, it's got to be balanced? >> if we're serious, we've got to take a balanced, responsible approach. and by the way, this is not just when it comes to individual taxes. let's talk about corporate taxes. now, i've identified areas where we can, right away, make a change that i believe would actually help the economy. the oil industry gets $4 billion a year in corporate welfare. basically, they get deductions that those small businesses that governor romney refers to, they don't get. now, does anybody think that exxonmobil needs some extra money, when they're making money every time you go to the pump? why wouldn't we want to eliminate that? why wouldn't we eliminate tax breaks for co
economy on government. >> okay. >> we're now spending the 42% of our economy on government. i don't want to go down the path to spain. i want to go down the path of growth that puts americans to work with more money coming in because they're working. >> yeah, but, mr. president, you're saying in order to get it -- get the job done, it's got to be balanced? >> if we're serious, we've got to take a balanced, responsible approach. and by the way, this is not just when it...
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government controls due to their potential use in a wide range of military systems u.s. officials say that russia does not even produce many of those who would say that they say for schenkel was sending russia does not produce that domestically and now again we need to underscore here that what the u.s. justice department is saying is that these goods were being exported without notifying the u.s. government or the department of commerce that of course this isn't the first time we've we've heard about these these so-called firings russian spy rings being broken up by the f.b.i. or the u.s. department of justice back in two thousand and ten and chapman was one of ten. russian spies that the u.s. says were working in the states to try to gather intelligence and send it back to moscow. and lou a douglas mcnabb explains that that is the department of justice presented. they did prepare very detailed letter the letter of which i wish may it's odd eleven page document a letter that says that but the u.s. government has overwhelming evidence with regard to the defendants but th
government controls due to their potential use in a wide range of military systems u.s. officials say that russia does not even produce many of those who would say that they say for schenkel was sending russia does not produce that domestically and now again we need to underscore here that what the u.s. justice department is saying is that these goods were being exported without notifying the u.s. government or the department of commerce that of course this isn't the first time we've we've...
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this is effectively a government takeover and ultimately, a single provider just as the government wand. >> you know, as we were told, we have to pass a law to find out what is in it. now we found out. >> i do want to defend -- what they are doing is exercising their right not to put up with federal government restrictions. if they opt out of the exchanges in the medicaid expansion is the supreme court decision allows them to do, we will heed the potential for federalism in which some states have decided to opt out of two major components of the law. you know, opting out of the exchanges and medicaid. they will not be able to fund them. we might see states extricate themselves from a lot of the things that they are doing here. neil: i have talked to men and women and they all seem very depressed. but they don't seem like they are enjoying life as a doctor now. i wonder how relevant that is. >> it is pretty rampant. here is the byline to that. to what peter just said, if the states don't extend those exchanges or expand their rosters, remember that the hospitals and doctors working for t
this is effectively a government takeover and ultimately, a single provider just as the government wand. >> you know, as we were told, we have to pass a law to find out what is in it. now we found out. >> i do want to defend -- what they are doing is exercising their right not to put up with federal government restrictions. if they opt out of the exchanges in the medicaid expansion is the supreme court decision allows them to do, we will heed the potential for federalism in which...
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government and u.s. business interests by chinese interests we believe and so while always very aggressively trying to grow their business to into the u.s. and to sell equipment here and this is apparently raised some some i think legitimate concerns about about whether or not they're being very honest about this they're not very transparent as a company they're not publicly listed on markets in a way that would allow us to investigate some of their some of their. their findings and so you know there are these concerns are real i haven't been a i haven't looked at the full report yet but it but it sounds legitimate and i was the target of a story that aired on sixty minutes last night i want to play just a couple snippets from that and we can talk about it. in the telecommunications world once you get the camel's nose in the tent you can go anywhere and there overriding concern is this that the chinese government could exploit waterways presence on u.s. networks to intercept high level communications gat
government and u.s. business interests by chinese interests we believe and so while always very aggressively trying to grow their business to into the u.s. and to sell equipment here and this is apparently raised some some i think legitimate concerns about about whether or not they're being very honest about this they're not very transparent as a company they're not publicly listed on markets in a way that would allow us to investigate some of their some of their. their findings and so you know...
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if that is big government, small government. i do not know. i think they should have the right to control their own destiny in their own city. it is on the ballot in november. and i am telling everybody in michigan to a vote it down. we did not need dictatorship. it is a dictator bill. host: thank you. on twitter -- the government to do its job, maintain the general welfare. from debate news, the numbers are and on how many watched on television. more than 67 million watched the first presidential debate. nearly 16 more watched four years ago for about 12 of the 67 who watched president obama square off against mitt romney were between 18-34. fox news channel average 10.4 million viewers. a big improvement over 8.2. cnn clock about 6.1 million. this number of course does not include the numbers of people who watched on the internet or their mobile devices. and also c-span is not included in the ratings. those are the basic numbers. next, let us here on the role of government, which was in the big question this week. a call from carmen in monta
if that is big government, small government. i do not know. i think they should have the right to control their own destiny in their own city. it is on the ballot in november. and i am telling everybody in michigan to a vote it down. we did not need dictatorship. it is a dictator bill. host: thank you. on twitter -- the government to do its job, maintain the general welfare. from debate news, the numbers are and on how many watched on television. more than 67 million watched the first...
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their business and the government was shrinking the market by its policy so it could talk up the economy all it wanted but the policies were pointing in a different direction austerity we now know hits the poor significantly harder than ever it's the rates presumably that means that during this recess the gap between the rich and. paul well why didn't even. that's that's already happening a real real incomes have been going down. because prices have been going up a bit and of course welfare benefits are being slashed. a lot of a lot there are lots of cuts in the public services and the rich are better able to insulate themselves against some of these effects for example house prices in london haven't gone down at all especially in the wealthy areas in fact they may be going up a bit so the world of the wealthy has been well maintained but people who have relied on incomes from wages have been hit and of course there has been since the beginning of the. recession a very big rise in unemployment even more significant perhaps a very big rise in part time employment is happening jay graphica
their business and the government was shrinking the market by its policy so it could talk up the economy all it wanted but the policies were pointing in a different direction austerity we now know hits the poor significantly harder than ever it's the rates presumably that means that during this recess the gap between the rich and. paul well why didn't even. that's that's already happening a real real incomes have been going down. because prices have been going up a bit and of course welfare...
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is to keep the government's bonds safe. and that is something that you do through medium-term fiscal consolidation. so to me, this is of most priority. >> you're also warning that while we see gains from flows in the safe haven assets like u.s. and japanese bonds, we shouldn't be lulled into a false sense of security. what do you see as the biggest danger looming from this? >> well, i think that the biggest danger is that the government, the political actors decide to delay decisions. and i think that confidence is established on a firm ground when it's not. so, for example, in the united states, the message is be careful not to go over the fiscal cliff or to hit the debt ceiling, because that would be very detrimental to the economy and confidence. >> okay. we're still seeing a relatively strong growth in merging markets. how susceptible would you say are they, though, to the global downturn? >> well, they are. if something were to happen in the united states or if there were to be a further escalation of the crisis in the
is to keep the government's bonds safe. and that is something that you do through medium-term fiscal consolidation. so to me, this is of most priority. >> you're also warning that while we see gains from flows in the safe haven assets like u.s. and japanese bonds, we shouldn't be lulled into a false sense of security. what do you see as the biggest danger looming from this? >> well, i think that the biggest danger is that the government, the political actors decide to delay...
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you know government produces borrowing they say must reduce its borrowing then it's hard to know how it's going to do something else because unless it raises taxes for example that may be an alternative but very few people are advocating that taxes should go up so they're in this sort of halfway position a more or less there's no alternative to. but astaire it isn't a growth policy therefore the government should do something else but when it when you actually asked them what should it do they get all vague. i think they should cancel a lot of the a stereotype policy i think they should cancel the cuts in capital spending particularly and because of that that those schemes were ready to run when the coalition took office and they have been put into cold storage they could be this is buildings building schools building and building houses hospitals all these projects that were canceled because the government was cutting down its spending i think should be un cancelled i think they should be revived so you saying you've got to speculate to accumulate in a way not speculate spend you've
you know government produces borrowing they say must reduce its borrowing then it's hard to know how it's going to do something else because unless it raises taxes for example that may be an alternative but very few people are advocating that taxes should go up so they're in this sort of halfway position a more or less there's no alternative to. but astaire it isn't a growth policy therefore the government should do something else but when it when you actually asked them what should it do they...
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>> this is covered by the federal government. >> oh, yeah, how? >> they said they are going to pay it. >> is money coming down from heaven to pay this? >> they are paying 100 percent. >>> and that's how we worry? >> you are suggesting that you throw the people by the road side and let them die. >> of course not. >> and the facts is that there is a possibility of that? >> people are not dying on the streets . >> not yet. but soon. >> we can survive with our current system and we have if for years. it is going to get in more trouble as the states have the inability to pay for the exchanges. >> i don't think they are. i will not accuse you of throwing anybody by the road side to die. >> my mother would be happy to hear that. >> the take on the exchangings there. is nothing more free marketing than the idea of setting up exchanges so that health insurance companies have to compete. >> here is what the states are doing. indiana, and wisconsin and new mexico. look federal government. we don't want to knock out the people in the poverty. we want them to
>> this is covered by the federal government. >> oh, yeah, how? >> they said they are going to pay it. >> is money coming down from heaven to pay this? >> they are paying 100 percent. >>> and that's how we worry? >> you are suggesting that you throw the people by the road side and let them die. >> of course not. >> and the facts is that there is a possibility of that? >> people are not dying on the streets . >> not yet. but...
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less government was cut for people. even for poor people. 11% government leaves plenty to help the helpless. in fact, if 24 percent were not taken from us we as free individuals would do more to help the poor. such private charity does a better job. closer to the people that served. better as supporting those who really need help from those who need a push. criticized for giving most of his charity money to the mormon church. a writer for the nation said he gave virtually nothing to any program that focuses directly. it is clear that romney's donations are but taking care of his own. this is just ignorant. really is charity help support people. mormon subplots of non mormons. for example, they have a monster warehouse filled with food. they give it to anyone in need, any religion. when that earthquake hit 80 relief from mormons got there before government halted. after hurricane katrina, the same deal. even the new york times reported that. the mormon trucks were the first to arrive. tvs said the efficiency of the mormo
less government was cut for people. even for poor people. 11% government leaves plenty to help the helpless. in fact, if 24 percent were not taken from us we as free individuals would do more to help the poor. such private charity does a better job. closer to the people that served. better as supporting those who really need help from those who need a push. criticized for giving most of his charity money to the mormon church. a writer for the nation said he gave virtually nothing to any program...
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an elected government. in other words, for your the first time you have a lot of people with street credit in the muslim world and in the islamic world saying, you know, this is bad, this kind of violence in the name of jihad is a terrible thing. does that change the dynamic, you think. >> yeah. it really does, and this is a really important point, fareed. it's both good news and bad news. let me quickly cover the bad news, all right? all the successor governments are weaker therein predecessors, and frankly, they're less a jail and adept counterterrorism partners for the united states. that's just a fact. this would not happen in a libya under moammar gadhafi. we've been very successful with american men would call a close battle, dealing with a jihadi that is already convince they'd want to kill us. we have not been involved in the deep battle, that 's the production rate of them wanting to kill us in a year or five years. despite all the turbulence that this arab awakening that has created, it's set in m
an elected government. in other words, for your the first time you have a lot of people with street credit in the muslim world and in the islamic world saying, you know, this is bad, this kind of violence in the name of jihad is a terrible thing. does that change the dynamic, you think. >> yeah. it really does, and this is a really important point, fareed. it's both good news and bad news. let me quickly cover the bad news, all right? all the successor governments are weaker therein...
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>> we are quasi government. no question if private enterprise a have 36,000 offices and many would be closed. john: what is the obstacle? >> delivery schedules. we must deliver six-- per week. john: end the congressmen defend their offices? >> most republicans. we are very close to breaking even. john: that is not the same as made a profit. >> we did through 2006 when the volume of mail dropped. >> 50% decline in the last 10 years. john: get the government out. >> nobody will buy the postal service broke. john: and sell it. >> congress will not allow that. i don't think the public will. we will operate like a business if congress will let us. >> they may. we made it passed the senate that house is considering legislation. john: this goes on years and years. not you want to keep the local office. >> of the flexible parts we make it a profitable enterprise. we have a new-product that takes eight months for approval with the regulatory commission. john: no wonder you cannot compete. sell it to a. >> and holland the
>> we are quasi government. no question if private enterprise a have 36,000 offices and many would be closed. john: what is the obstacle? >> delivery schedules. we must deliver six-- per week. john: end the congressmen defend their offices? >> most republicans. we are very close to breaking even. john: that is not the same as made a profit. >> we did through 2006 when the volume of mail dropped. >> 50% decline in the last 10 years. john: get the government out....
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on the table with the afghan government and accept afghan government as the government to mitt system in the country so now that the foreign troops are leaving i think that the taliban have even less incentive to talks i don't think that it's possible to reconcile with the core ideological leadership of the taliban but it is possible to integrate a large number of the foot soldiers and also the mid-level commanders who are fighting in afghanistan by offering them political and financial incentives but that only happens when they are convinced that the current system in afghanistan is sustainable and the world community that is committed to having a good and you do not you just gave an argument to withdraw even earlier didn't you . no i did it i said that the world community should remain committed to afghanistan and that with convinced portions of the taliban that they will not win militarily and then when they come to the table i think that their president obama is. setting timelines really and they're kept the military and political mission in afghanistan because that gave the talib
on the table with the afghan government and accept afghan government as the government to mitt system in the country so now that the foreign troops are leaving i think that the taliban have even less incentive to talks i don't think that it's possible to reconcile with the core ideological leadership of the taliban but it is possible to integrate a large number of the foot soldiers and also the mid-level commanders who are fighting in afghanistan by offering them political and financial...
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they will not be put in military prisons the government councilors government lawyers repeatedly said we cannot offer those assurances we cannot offer those assurances and that was the only evidence that the government put in their case the government later shifted in their briefs in the briefs that they put into the second circuit and in those briefs they said that the plaintiffs are in no danger of being incarcerated by the military but that's better constitute evidence in a court of law and we can't believe the government's position and judge for yourself noted her opinion that the government had switched their position a couple of times in front of her they tried to hedge and say maybe some of the places are subject to detention some more so that reason we don't agree with and that's what we are doing in our papers before the second circuit when they hear this appeal shortly. this is the second acted under the n.b.a. by the language the n.b.a. judge force also addressed that in her opinion is that the n.b.a. doesn't say anything of the kind it just says the existing law applies an
they will not be put in military prisons the government councilors government lawyers repeatedly said we cannot offer those assurances we cannot offer those assurances and that was the only evidence that the government put in their case the government later shifted in their briefs in the briefs that they put into the second circuit and in those briefs they said that the plaintiffs are in no danger of being incarcerated by the military but that's better constitute evidence in a court of law and...
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you're going to bring net knew revenue to the government. not going cut enough you're going to hurt the job market. now, specifically, if you hit the high end, like they want to do, let's say they did that, and yeah, that's, that's tax, when you tax people in the middle that is cost of hiring somebody so could actually need to less hiring, a worker taxes goes up and pay them more to counter at that tax cost and your success level. and going to cut at your profit, it's not a cost of hiring. so it could in theory do more damage to make the tax burden shift on to the employee, the job taker level not the job creator level. however, i don't want to say that every tax increase hurts the job market on every level. >> and gary b, vice-president biden made it clear there's a trillion dollar tax hike. what does it do to job creation, to the job recovery, if you can call it that? >> brenda, i'll try to be as specific as possible. >> it's going to be harmful to job creation, look a lot of the tax increase will go to the super rich or super wealthy, as
you're going to bring net knew revenue to the government. not going cut enough you're going to hurt the job market. now, specifically, if you hit the high end, like they want to do, let's say they did that, and yeah, that's, that's tax, when you tax people in the middle that is cost of hiring somebody so could actually need to less hiring, a worker taxes goes up and pay them more to counter at that tax cost and your success level. and going to cut at your profit, it's not a cost of hiring. so...
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you know the government wouldn't actually do that but the government actually would do that and the entire economic system that we've built around nine eleven and the war on terror and private security contractors and you know i need i remind americans that the most intelligence the united states is conducted seventy percent of it is conducted by private security contractors and like you said i mean people say you know there's so many and so much mental gymnastics going on of justifying obama you know he doesn't really want to indefinitely detain and he really wants to veto this he doesn't actually use that i mean he does obviously this emergency stay on the injunction but mental gymnastics justifying this i wanted to talk to you about what chris hedges recently said is you know obama's immediate reaction to this really does show that potentially the end is being used already i mean the legal frameworks in place you just said the they are they will use it i mean that's undeniable what do you think about the fact if they already are using it well i think that they're there in contempt of th
you know the government wouldn't actually do that but the government actually would do that and the entire economic system that we've built around nine eleven and the war on terror and private security contractors and you know i need i remind americans that the most intelligence the united states is conducted seventy percent of it is conducted by private security contractors and like you said i mean people say you know there's so many and so much mental gymnastics going on of justifying obama...
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do we want more government, or do we want to get control of government? to govern is to choose, and the choices are never easy. there are lobbies out there that will fight you on every choice you'll make. they're ready to call you names the second they make a choice they don't like. you heard that heckler here tonight. you have to be tough to stand up to that. but being tough won't help you make the right choice. that makes experience and mature judgment. that's what the presidency needs now more than ever. and that's why i ask you to give me your vote. so that i can give you the government you were promised by the founding fathers. thank you very much. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ how do you help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge,
do we want more government, or do we want to get control of government? to govern is to choose, and the choices are never easy. there are lobbies out there that will fight you on every choice you'll make. they're ready to call you names the second they make a choice they don't like. you heard that heckler here tonight. you have to be tough to stand up to that. but being tough won't help you make the right choice. that makes experience and mature judgment. that's what the presidency needs now...
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the government has a lot of games that the government has to do. so that began with this kind of tension, you say i can agree on these issues, but be very careful. and worry might disagree is i think the best solution in the united states for health care is a single-payer system. [cheers and applause] >> i've always said to my opponents, i've never heard anyone want to get out of they get government off my back. [applause] >> it does bring us to a really interesting point that many of the lawsuits have been filed around this regulation have argued thing site rather than regulating private insurance, government should provide contraception directly through taxpayer funding, which is in some respects a less conservative position than the one we were at and hit the lawsuits are filed by a conservative organization. but i wanted to clarify one thing, which i think speaks to a charlie was just saying when we discussed earlier the restoration act publishes a piece of legislation that addressed the supreme court case that we discussed. if there is a compe
the government has a lot of games that the government has to do. so that began with this kind of tension, you say i can agree on these issues, but be very careful. and worry might disagree is i think the best solution in the united states for health care is a single-payer system. [cheers and applause] >> i've always said to my opponents, i've never heard anyone want to get out of they get government off my back. [applause] >> it does bring us to a really interesting point that many...
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with the government. the next one will also be on how to grain your business, with tax -- green your business, tax credits available with that. for non-profit, charitable organizations, we have a workshop coming up. that is helpful for those of you who are looking to access the committee on a durable basis. >> also, on behalf of leader pelosi, i want to thank our panel and her staff. we are tenants in this building. i apologize for the security situation that happened upstairs. if you have concerns about it, please come and see me. i would like to convey those to the landlord here so that it does not happen again. thank you. >> jennifer wagner. jnny first joined the league in san francisco in 2001 and has since volunteered in many roles at the local, regional and state and nation levels she currently volunteered as the president of the league of woman voters of california, and is a small business owner here in san francisco. she holds a degree in government, from claire mont college and a policy. >> good
with the government. the next one will also be on how to grain your business, with tax -- green your business, tax credits available with that. for non-profit, charitable organizations, we have a workshop coming up. that is helpful for those of you who are looking to access the committee on a durable basis. >> also, on behalf of leader pelosi, i want to thank our panel and her staff. we are tenants in this building. i apologize for the security situation that happened upstairs. if you...
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[applause] the good government awards also support spur's good government work. it is a central part of our mission. our agenda is admittedly ambitious. we analyze every local measure on the san francisco ballot, which until recently was a pretty formidable task. we participate in most of the major issues of city government from pension and payroll tax reform to some of the most important discussions on how we fund a lot of our public services, whether that finding different revenue streams for our parks, are trying to find new ways to fund public transportation in the city. we're very happy to be working with mayor lee and the board to address a lot of these issues. this will clearly be a busy year for us. another component of our work is connecting the city's robuspro o assistance with our many business partners. this is a core part of mfac original purpose in san francisco. we are focused on building this capacity once again. as everyone here knows, the nature of how cities are doing business is changing. fundamentally. costly federal and state mandates contin
[applause] the good government awards also support spur's good government work. it is a central part of our mission. our agenda is admittedly ambitious. we analyze every local measure on the san francisco ballot, which until recently was a pretty formidable task. we participate in most of the major issues of city government from pension and payroll tax reform to some of the most important discussions on how we fund a lot of our public services, whether that finding different revenue streams for...
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one is a government solution of believes government can bring you a job. and me, who believes we can revitalize and reenergize and renew the enthusiasm for montana if we can get government out of the way in our regulatory policy and in our industries. it is not just the businesses that will turn things around. it is those who will -- to work for those businesses who will help to create better opportunities for ourselves, our children, our businesses. i look people in the eye as i travel a run montana and i do not see statistics. we do not necessarily want to talk about the unemployment rate statewide. there are 56 counties with 56 cultures and histories and their own desire for their own future. and in liberty county and might be agriculture. in lincoln county might be timber. in eastern montana it might be oil and gas and coal. i want to get government out of the way. i want to give people the same opportunities that we had and that our parents had. will your children have the same opportunities? i want to return that enthusiasm to america, to montana, to
one is a government solution of believes government can bring you a job. and me, who believes we can revitalize and reenergize and renew the enthusiasm for montana if we can get government out of the way in our regulatory policy and in our industries. it is not just the businesses that will turn things around. it is those who will -- to work for those businesses who will help to create better opportunities for ourselves, our children, our businesses. i look people in the eye as i travel a run...
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corruption the past government corruption comes in corruption comes in when the government can transfer and when you ask the amounts of government money to private individuals to further their bets w. bush well that's the basis of. five hundred or five hundred million dollars in one direction how long i've hundred million dollars going to the president's cordy's which which funds the out of that and evaluation department said most of the energy department said this will do. this will fail on x. date and it failed on x. date and yet there seems to be no discussion whatsoever of a couple points here first point is when we would they were giving out no bid contracts at all which is the oil but if there was no tea party out here protesting doesn't point one point two when president obama took office hold on a second when president obama took office we only had one percent of the green battery technology degree battery industry now the united states competing against china japan and germany with twenty percent of them are world market share battery technology because the president made inves
corruption the past government corruption comes in corruption comes in when the government can transfer and when you ask the amounts of government money to private individuals to further their bets w. bush well that's the basis of. five hundred or five hundred million dollars in one direction how long i've hundred million dollars going to the president's cordy's which which funds the out of that and evaluation department said most of the energy department said this will do. this will fail on x....
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the government has not. they have increased expenses. >> i think you have to look at the spending side of the ledger. the president said in the debate we need to look and medicaid because it is the biggest driver debt right now. so there has to be a focus. entitlements will have to have a serious look. reform is going to be necessary in order to change the way we are spending money. if we want to continue to ensure that those will need to benefit the benefit in the future. but everything can be examined. every business in this country, every single day examines what they are spending money on antheil, making sure manufacturing processes are lean, making sure there's no waste. government can do the same. states do that all the time. john engler is a great example as a former governor. i worked for a former governor. states often times, lead the way on fiscal responsibility. >> the role of government is one of the big issues in the campaign. whether you believe government is an enabling or a hindrance. it seem
the government has not. they have increased expenses. >> i think you have to look at the spending side of the ledger. the president said in the debate we need to look and medicaid because it is the biggest driver debt right now. so there has to be a focus. entitlements will have to have a serious look. reform is going to be necessary in order to change the way we are spending money. if we want to continue to ensure that those will need to benefit the benefit in the future. but everything...
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make that governance less effective and what do you think of the majority government something many other countries rely on that. partnership government has exhausted both its capacity and agenda it was necessary previous stages but not any longer right now everyone even the people of iraq feel that the regime of national partnership keeps our hands tied hinders our development stands in the way of the breakthrough that what iraq could make in the development of infrastructure. services sector and economic recovery we hear more and more voices now in our society and in parliament are calling for a shift to majority government to make parliament united can pass decisions and laws they would help to rule because right now the government's paralyzed it can't do anything partnership originally built to pursue a major breakthrough his name degraded to a partnership the generates obstacles because of that we need a majority government and i am working hard to make it a reality both iraqi government and its citizens still suffer from regular terrorist attacks who's behind the violence inte
make that governance less effective and what do you think of the majority government something many other countries rely on that. partnership government has exhausted both its capacity and agenda it was necessary previous stages but not any longer right now everyone even the people of iraq feel that the regime of national partnership keeps our hands tied hinders our development stands in the way of the breakthrough that what iraq could make in the development of infrastructure. services sector...
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you know, chinese government is a communist government. if the chinese government demands their citizens do something, they have to do it. we're very much concerned about that. we're also concerned too from a competition point of view that the chinese government is subsidizing these two companies. when huiwei can come and grow not only in the united states but throughout the world because their prices are so much cheaper, we're concerned about subsidy. that's not a clear playing field. my... go ahead. >> brown: i was going to ask you, you're planning to take this. you're taking this to the justice department for further action? >> what we do in intelligence is that we collect information and and a pliez the information. if we find any criminal act whatsoever, we turn it over to the justice department. that's a classified part of our report. there's a lot that we cannot say because we're the intelligence community. let me say this too. we want to make sure that we notify our citizens and our businesses in this country about a possible threa
you know, chinese government is a communist government. if the chinese government demands their citizens do something, they have to do it. we're very much concerned about that. we're also concerned too from a competition point of view that the chinese government is subsidizing these two companies. when huiwei can come and grow not only in the united states but throughout the world because their prices are so much cheaper, we're concerned about subsidy. that's not a clear playing field. my... go...
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of journalistic ethics because we're supposed to be watchdogs on these governments we're not supposed to allow them to be paying customers who are able to kind of dodge our minders and sneak into some of the villages and actually see these atrocities patients who run out of the hospitals that were shot up with birdshot and as we were heading back out of these villages we were violently detained by security forces and buffering and luckily my female producer and i were able to hide some disks in our broads and we were able to actually get out of the country with this content so you can imagine surprise when we got back to the u.s. and this content was airing on c.n.n. and right after that is when the phone calls started coming into the network complaining about me and trying to get my coverage the. violence has returned to well this time it's a clash of the trash at least thirteen thousand angry residents hit the streets and said calls a blaze over the reopening of a rubbish dump those details on our website. i want you to. comes the latest american city to display anti jihad have a lo
of journalistic ethics because we're supposed to be watchdogs on these governments we're not supposed to allow them to be paying customers who are able to kind of dodge our minders and sneak into some of the villages and actually see these atrocities patients who run out of the hospitals that were shot up with birdshot and as we were heading back out of these villages we were violently detained by security forces and buffering and luckily my female producer and i were able to hide some disks in...
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we're getting these reports of this continued as it were a reaction from the judge government ok so a good one will face political problems at home but then why were they speaking with the iranians so in the past few hours talking about how this needs a diplomatic solution not a military one if turkey continue under the rule that under the agreements made in vote this would draw in a way to situation of why that is your old war and terrorists expanding it. to be below syria and the people of turkey will not benefit from this major says that they'll defend any nato member if turkey continue like this like syria might see itself getting increasingly desperate and retaliate with full force then it's up to the united states and britain and europe we had a major allies just figure out what to do. r.t. also spoke to the iraqi prime minister to get his stance on the development of the syrian conflict his interview and more extensive analysis her to plus a small farmer taking on a biotech giant as the u.s. supreme court agrees to review his appeal had a line for details. police have used wate
we're getting these reports of this continued as it were a reaction from the judge government ok so a good one will face political problems at home but then why were they speaking with the iranians so in the past few hours talking about how this needs a diplomatic solution not a military one if turkey continue under the rule that under the agreements made in vote this would draw in a way to situation of why that is your old war and terrorists expanding it. to be below syria and the people of...
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the ruling party that you have been in libya right now is a is amateur government it's an artificial. creation of the west in the photos to cut off the regime change plans so this gives you an indication of how they're governing in this country and certainly that there is no stability in libya compared to before the nato bombing and destruction of their country i don't think they're going to get much help from the u.n. saying that the united nations is the co architect of this post could offer the libya half responsible for this sort of the fraud that was imposed by the u.n. resolution one nine hundred seventy three which was. starting with a no fly zone which turned into a bombing zone they've got serious problems in libya there's no legitimacy really with this post gadhafi government makes moammar gadhafi government look like a beacon of light in this shining city on the hill in comparison in syria it could be much worse because in syria we're looking at a protracted civil war now in the making or something even worse. the eurozone is again opening up its coffers to pull five hundre
the ruling party that you have been in libya right now is a is amateur government it's an artificial. creation of the west in the photos to cut off the regime change plans so this gives you an indication of how they're governing in this country and certainly that there is no stability in libya compared to before the nato bombing and destruction of their country i don't think they're going to get much help from the u.n. saying that the united nations is the co architect of this post could offer...